(IN BRIEF) Hydro Energi AS has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Skellefteå Kraft AB to supply 2 TWh of renewable energy to Hydro’s Norwegian aluminium plants from 2025 to 2032. This agreement supports Hydro’s efforts to produce … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Hydro, a leading aluminium producer, is making significant strides in its quest to achieve zero CO2 emissions in aluminium production. The company is testing emission-free plasma technology in its Sunndal casthouse, aiming to electrify the energy-intensive aluminium remelting … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Industrial, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged aluminium production, Eivind Kallevik, emission-free, HalZero, Hydro, Hydro Sunndal, Plasma Technology, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) EDF and Trimet have signed a long-term contract for the supply of electricity to support aluminium production in France. The agreement extends their existing partnership and secures the energy supply for Trimet’s aluminium smelter in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. The contract … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 17-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Hydro announces that it is exploring ways to recycle aluminium directly within the primary aluminium production at its Norwegian smelters, with the aim to further reduce its industry-leading climate footprint from primary aluminium … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Industrial, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged aluminium production, circular aluminium, climate footprint, CO2 emissions, Hydro, Hydro Aluminium, Hydro REDUXA, Høyanger plant, low-carbon primary aluminium, Norwegian smelters, Ola Sæter, post-consumer scrap, recycling, sustainability, ways to recycle aluminium
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 25-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Through extensive use of renewable energy sources for aluminium production to ever-advancing technology to reduce electricity consumption and emissions from its operations, Hydro has worked long and hard to reduce its own carbon … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 9-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Statkraft signs long-term power supply agreement with Alcoa Norway. For the period 2020 to 2026, the total delivery will be just above 3 TWh, with annual deliveries of approximately 440 GWh. The contract … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway
Tagged Alcoa Norway, aluminium production, ENERGY, Hallvard Granheim, hydropower, Kai-Rune Heggland, power, renewable energy
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